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| character= [[Billy Eheres]]
| series= 1980
| born_month= 06
| born_day= 27
| born_year= 1944
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| nationality= DE
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'''Paul Koslo''' (born June 27, 1944) portrayed [[Billy Eheres]] in the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode "[[Spaceball]]".

Koslo was born at the very end of [[w:World War II|World War II]] in what would soon become [[w:West Germany|West Germany]], the son of a [[w:Prussia|Prussian]] soldier. He can still remember American Sherman tanks roling down the street, and waiting for American soldiers to throw out Hershey's Chocolate and Wrigley's bubble gum to the local children.  It was in Germany he learned of cowboys and Indians from the GI's, his first real taste of anything related to film.<ref name="koslo">{{cite_web|url=http://www.psychotronicvideo.com/wow/inner_views/koslo/koslo.html|title=Interview with Paul Koslo|date=|accessdate=8 January 2008|last=Humphreys|first=Justin|format=|language=}}</ref>

Koslo emigrated to [[w:Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina, Saskatchewan]], [[w:Canada|Canada]] in the 1950s with his family and soon learned to speak fluent English.  No more than a year after he arrived in Canada, Koslo saw his first film, a Tarzan movie.  Ever since, he has wanted to be an actor<ref name="koslo"/>.

His family would later move to [[w:British Columbia|British Columbia]], where he got a part-time job working for his brother-in-law.  He describes himself at the time as being somewhat of a rebel.  In high school, he would cheat in track races, and him and his friends would lock series of combination locks together in the locker room.  As a teenager, he was drafted by the [[w:Royal Canadian Mounted Police|Canadian Mounties]] to fight a forest fire, from which he made quite a lot of money.  He used the money to hitchhike across North America twice<ref name="koslo"/>.

Soon after, Koslo auditioned for the National Film School in Montreal and got in, but was kicked out a year later.  But as luck would have it, he was asked to do an audition for [[w:Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]'s ''Crime and Punishment'' by an executive who saw him while he was walking through the [[w:Canadian Broadcasting Company|CBC]] parking lot. An acting agency took notice, and from there the acting jobs came easy, and he went to California<ref name="koslo"/>.

Koslo's acting debut was in a little known movie called''Flux'' by [[imdb:nm0823630|Jack Starrett]] and [[imdb:nm0174068|Richard Compton]].  At the time, Koslo was also doing an off-Broadway production of ''Hair'' in New York, which ran for four months.  His next film was ''The Losers'', followed by ''The Omega Man'' and then ''Vanishing Point''<ref name="koslo"/>.

Koslo has since become one of the most popular supporting actors in both television and film in Hollywood.  He began working in television in 1971 with ''Bearcats!'' and has also worked in both domestic and foreign film.  He built somewhat of a repertoire working in television series produced by [[Glen A. Larson]], having played supporting roles in ''Galactica 1980'', ''[[w:Knight Rider|Knight Rider]]'', ''[[w:Quincy, M.E.|Quincy, M.E.]]'', ''[[w:The Highwayman|The Highwayman]]'' and ''[[buckwiki:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]''.  He has also worked in ''Mission Impossible'', ''Gunsmoke'', ''MacGyver'' and ''Stargate SG-1''.

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